Does digital data offer indicators that can be used to monitor marketing effectiveness and predict box office success even before awareness turns into intent? We analyzed this weekend's new movies across Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Google (the...

LONDON -- Icon Film Distribution has acquired U.K. rights to Tom Tykwer's comedic drama "A Hologram for the King," which stars Tom Hanks.
Tykwer, who co-directed Hanks in "Cloud Atlas" with the Wachowski siblings, adapted the script to "Hologram" from...

Prolific film and television producer Jerry Bruckheimer ("Top Gun," "Black Hawk Down," the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise ) will be the recipient of the 27th American Cinematheque Award.
Bruckheimer will receive the award, announced Tuesday, at...

Although it seems like Hal Holbrook has owned the role of Mark Twain for decades, another actor has staked a theatrical claim to the white-haired novelist and wit. Val Kilmer has been working on "Citizen Twain," a solo play in which he plays the writer,...

The news Thursday that the Walt Disney Co. and producer Jerry Bruckheimer would not renew their deal with when it expires in 2014 was not a surprise, but it does mark the end of an era.
With this summer's disappointing box office returns for the troubled production of "The Lone Ranger"-- following a string of disappointments including "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time," "G-Force" and "Confessions of a Shopaholic"-- Bruckheimer has had a rocky time of it lately on the...

The spectacular 22-year partnership of Walt Disney Co. and producer Jerry Bruckheimer will come to an end next year, signaling the Burbank company's changing priorities and how the shifting sands of the movie business are affecting A-list producers.
The producer's first-look deal with Walt Disney Studios will not be renewed when it expires in 2014, ending a run that resulted in 27 movies — from early hits like "The Rock" and "Armageddon" to the long-running "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise...

The death of actor Paul Walker in an automobile accident Saturday has left fans and the film community reeling — and Hollywood facing a series of tricky business decisions.
As filmmakers and fellow performers remembered Walker as a deeply likable everyman with a taste for adventure, principals on the late actor's signature "Fast & Furious" franchise were left to deal with Walker's tragic passing on the screen.
Walker's death, in a single-car crash in Valencia, came as the Glendale native was...

Jerry Bruckheimer is going back to Paramount Pictures.
The veteran producer and the studio have signed a three-year agreement for theatrical films beginning in April, the parties said Friday.
This comes less than three months after the Walt Disney Co. and Bruckheimer said they would be ending their partnership that has lasted for more than 20 years.
The deal with Paramount marks a return to the studio where Bruckheimer had several big hits, including "Top Gun," "Beverly Hills Cop" and "Flash Dance....

Jerry Bruckheimer, one of Hollywood's most powerful producers, is returning home.
The veteran filmmaker, who had an enormously successful run on the Paramount Pictures lot with "Flashdance," "Beverly Hills Cop," "Top Gun" and other movies in the 1980s and early 1990s, is headed back to the studio.
Bruckheimer, 70, signed a three-year, first-look deal with the Viacom Inc.-owned studio. It begins in April, after his 23-year partnership with Walt Disney Co. ends. Financial terms of the arrangement were...

Paramount Pictures' movie strategy has long revolved around managing financial risk.
At a time when other Hollywood studios field an occasional risky bet, such as 20th Century Fox's "Life of Pi"; Walt Disney's "Lone Ranger" or "Pirates of the Caribbean"; and Universal Pictures' "Les Miserables"; Paramount has taken a more cautious approach.
"We never want to wake up with a big loss on an individual movie," Viacom Chief Executive Philippe Dauman told investors Monday at the UBS' 41st Annual Global...